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the tail wagging the dog
the tail wagging the dog
if you describe a situation as the tail wagging the dog, you mean that the least important part of a situation has too much influence over the most important part Steve thinks we should buy an orange carpet to match the lampshade but I think that would be a case of the tail wagging the dog.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Rocky | | RAH-kee | English |
ZÁViŠ | | - | Czech |
Sanford | | ['sænfəd] | |
Indrani | | - | Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Hindi |
Nuno | | - | Portuguese, Medieval Portuguese |
Mert | | - | Turkish |